The deputy commander of the Eighth Army spit out a mouthful of blood. The Qiang people in front were once again repelled by them. He looked at the gloomy sky and looked at the soldiers with scars all over their bodies.
He couldn't feel any hope. Looking at the Xiliang headquarters soldiers on the other side, he couldn't see any despair in those Xiliang headquarters soldiers.
They are always so high-spirited, always so tireless, and fight tenaciously.
The soldiers of the Xiliang headquarters are at the front of the army and are also the main target of the enemy's attack. The soldiers of the Eighth Army are either responsible for long-range attacks in the rear, or they are in some side positions like him, responsible for blocking the enemies who break through.
The pressure that the soldiers of Xiliang headquarters suffered was far stronger than them, but those soldiers were so tenacious!
"General, General Buer, please come over here." A soldier trotted up to the deputy commander and said.
"Okay, I understand!" The deputy commander nodded and waved to his men: "You arrange for the brothers to have a rest. You can't relax at night. Those Qiang bastards of yours will sneak attack at night!"
"General, don't worry, I understand your humble position." The person who was summoned said with a smile: "If they dare to come here, they will be left with nothing to eat!"
"I'll go over first!" After the deputy commander gave the order, he picked up his weapon and walked towards the main camp. He knew that his men would not let him down.
After all, he was someone who had been following him and Xiliang Headquarters against the enemy for many days. Even if he was recruited by other families to pass the qualifications, such a long time was enough for him to grow and learn something.
In the Eighth Legion, there are many people who were recruited by many big families in Xiliang. Among the forces in Xiliang, the major families and families are deeply hidden.
Because they knew very well that the King of Xiliang did not want these aristocratic families to appear. To be precise, he did not want these aristocratic families to appear openly.
Because wherever there are people, these aristocratic families will appear. Those who grew up with the King of Xiliang will quietly become stronger in this way, and those who became strong with him will follow him closely.
Then new forces formed one after another, but they were not called aristocratic families, nor did they consider themselves to be aristocratic families.
Therefore, there are no "rich families" among the Xiliang forces now, but the exchanges of favors are between you and me. Many people send these people to the army in order to make their younger brothers stronger.
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They knew the character of King Li Xiang of Xiliang very well, so the people they sent were all capable and intelligent. Such people can be called talents no matter where they are.
Since they are talents, it is impossible for them to keep these people away, so there are more such people in the army.
In the Eighth Legion, there are basically such people in each army, and only the Seventh and Ninth Legion still follow the strict requirements of the King of Xiliang, and no one dares to intervene!
After all, it was not an army like the Eighth Army, which was originally used as a local garrison. The Seventh and Ninth Army were established as armies specifically used for fighting.
Everyone over there has to be sent to the battlefield, and whichever battlefield is more tragic will send them to that battlefield.
Therefore, few people send their juniors to the Seventh and Ninth Legions. The casualty rates of these two legions are too high.
Unless you are someone who has great confidence in your descendants, sending people there is like sending people to die again.
No one there will help you because of your background and power. If you don't work hard, you will die and your power will not be able to help you.
People come and go in the Buer tent. After one group of people enter, another group of people will come out. Everyone has their own position and their own tasks.
Bu Er will not delay them too much time. Now they are the generals who are needed in various places to guard them!
Not long after the deputy commander of the Eighth Army arrived, he was taken to the big tent. Bu Er saw the commander of the Eighth Army and said with a smile: "You fought very well in this battle today, and you showed your momentum.
As long as you perform better, maybe next year your Eighth Army will also enter the army's main battle group!"
The Xiliang army is divided into main battle corps and non-main battle corps. The Eighth Legion has been classified as a non-main battle corps since its establishment. Therefore, the weapons, equipment, and logistics supplies owned by the soldiers of the Eighth Legion are the same as those of the six main battle corps in Xiliang.
There is a big gap compared with the seventh and ninth legions.
Of course, there is also a big gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides. After all, the people recruited by the Seventh and Ninth Legions are the most elite people in the land of Xiliang.
The Eighth Legion recruits people after the Seventh and Ninth Legions recruit people, that is, they eat what is left from the Seventh and Ninth Legions.
If the Eighth Legion can also become the main battle legion, then they will receive a large amount of materials and weapons and equipment, and they will also become one of the respected main battle legions in the southwest.
And he, the deputy commander of the Eighth Army, will also rise, and his status will also become very high!
Isn’t fame and fortune the only thing that comes with being a human being?
The treatment of the officers of the main battle corps and those of the non-main battle corps are different. Xiliang generals have no worries about food and drink, and they also receive a large amount of military pay and training materials every month, which is unmatched by other places!
After all, there are many things that cannot be bought with money, especially those precious cultivation items, which are basically controlled by the major sects and the imperial court.
It is difficult for ordinary people to obtain it from heaven!
"This is our duty!" The commander of the Ground Army was already happy in his heart, but on the surface he was still calm. The depressed feeling caused by the prairie people was completely gone at this time.
Although he doesn't see hope yet, he sees the hope of promotion and the benefits.
"Well!" Bu Er said straight to the point: "I'll call you and give you a few tasks when I come."
"General, please speak!"
"The enemy violently attacked the front, causing heavy losses to the main army on the front. I need to call some people back from the side. The fifth defense area will be spread over and handed over to your eighth legion for guarding." Bu Er looked at the sand table and said: "Next
Within ten days, I will not be able to support you, and it will be up to your Eighth Army to find a solution for everything!"
The Xiliang army divided its defensive positions into ten areas. The fifth area is located south of Hailar Lake. This is not the enemy's main attack area, because even if it is breached, the Xiliang camp cannot be harmed.
However, if the Xiliang army retreats, it must go out from here, so there are a large number of Qiang warriors in the surrounding area. Their duty is to defend, and they will only launch an attack when a general attack is launched.
This area is very safe compared to other places. The Eighth Army currently has nearly 120,000 people, so Bu Er decided to let these 120,000 people guard this area.
The deputy commander of the Eighth Army thought for a moment and said: "Yes!"
This area is very safe compared to other areas, and he still has nearly 100,000 people in his hands. If he can't defend this small area, how can he have the face to ask the lord to raise the Eighth Legion?
For the main battle legion.
The seventh legion is a legion picking grass gardens and fighting against the three major Qiang tribes in the north.
The Ninth Legion is even more of a legion's force confronting the Qing tribe on the prairie. Their Eighth Legion also needs to gain some prestige, otherwise they will not be able to recruit those with better talents when they go out to recruit people in the future.
"Then I can rest assured and go back and make some preparations. If there is not enough food and grass, you can go to the logistics officer to get some!"
This time, they brought plenty of food and grass, and they did not worry about being surrounded by prairie people. Moreover, there were a large number of cattle and sheep grazing leisurely on some grasslands near Hailar Lake.
These cattle and sheep are the trophies they captured on the grassland. After the grain and grass are used up, everyone can eat beef and mutton.
But that time should be when the battle is about to end, but I don’t know what’s going on with the Lord!
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prairie north
Tulu tribe
"What did you say?" The leader of the Tulu tribe took the soldier's clothes with both hands and lifted him up: "How could Lake Baron be gone?"
"Chief of the cavalry, I don't know either!" The soldier who ordered the order was very aggrieved: "The younger one met the scouts from the Great Chanyu on the way and learned from them that Lake Balong has been broken by Xiliang King Li Xiang
, now those civilians over there have fallen into the hands of Prime Minister Li.
The young man didn't believe it at first, but he met more and more scouts later, and also met some tribal warriors on the grassland. From their mouths, he learned that Xiliang King Li Xiang led the long-lost cavalry regiment to sneak attack Ba
Longhu, one of the ancestors has been killed by Xiliang King Li Xiang!"
The leader of the Tulu tribe threw the ordering soldier to the ground, looked at all the senior officials present and said: "I don't know if this is true or not, but we still have to make more plans.
Do you want to continue to obey Shan Yu's orders and lead the army to snipe the Seventh Southwest Army Corps, or should you follow me north and go to the edge of the barren mountains together!"
After the leader of the Tulu tribe surrendered to the Seventh Army, he had lost the courage to fight against the Xiliang army. To be precise, he did not want his men to die.
In the battle with the Seventh Army, an average of 2,000 to 5,000 people were lost every day. This is such a huge number, and this is not even a decisive battle between the two sides.
If such a large-scale decisive battle broke out between the two, he didn't know how many people would die.
The warriors under him are all good fighters, but the soldiers in Xiliang are not cowards either.
The soldiers of Xiliang are better equipped with sophisticated weapons and equipment. Their thick armor and various long-range weapons and war machinery make them comparable to these galloping prairie cavalry on the grassland.
With a large number of long-range weapons, they even overpowered the prairie cavalry at one point.
After losing 60,000 to 70,000 grassland warriors, the leader of the Tulu tribe had no intention of continuing the fight.
He summoned these senior officials to discuss with everyone whether to continue to follow Shan Yu's orders and lead the army south to snipe the Seventh Army, or to lead the tribe to retreat to the edge of the barren mountains.
"Chief, Shanyu is currently fighting a decisive battle with the main army of Xiliang at the Hailar Lake. If we ignore the Seventh Army, we may be trapped in a dangerous territory between them." A gray-haired old man stood up and said: "
If the main force of our Qiang tribe is defeated because of us, we will be the sinners of the Qiang tribe, but we do not want to continue this kind of war.
Why don't we divide our troops into two groups, with one group of troops escorting the tribe towards the barren mountains, and the other group of troops heading south, not to actively engage in battle with the Xiliang Seventh Army, but to always observe the opponent's side!"
Everyone present did not care about the problem of Balong Lake. The news just now was just a joke to them. Balong Lake is the holy land of their Qiang people.
There is also a great master master sitting in charge. King Li Xiang of Xiben can indeed kill the great master master, but this is the holy land of their Qiang people. In the holy land of the Qiang people, the power of the great master will reach the top level in the world.
So they thought what the soldier said just now was just a rumor from Xiliang!
The leader of the Tulu tribe thought for a moment and felt that what the old man said was correct: "Then according to what the third elder said, we will divide our troops into two groups and escort the people all the way north and all the way south. By the way, we will tell the other two tribes about our decision.
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"yes!"
All major tribes in the grassland have received news about Baron Lake, but they all think it is just a joke, or a rumor spread by Xiliang because the main army is besieged.
In their minds, Baron Lake is indestructible. There are hundreds of thousands of troops there. If the herdsmen are assembled, they can even reach a million troops. There are nearly ten million people in the surrounding area.
How could such a powerful region be destroyed by Xiliang King Li Xiang alone?
So they still followed the orders from Shan Yu and led the army southward.
7th Legion
After receiving the news that the main army was besieged, the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army did not immediately lead the army south, but waited for news from the rear.
Because they didn't receive the news from behind, and they couldn't be in a hurry.
If it were true as the news said, even if his seventh legion had to lose all of it, he would not be able to rescue the main legion, so he would have to wait for news from the rear.
At the same time, he also received news that Balong Lake, a small grassland, had been attacked by cavalry and had been occupied by Xiliang King Li Xiang.
When receiving the news, the commander of the Seventh Legion had no doubts, because the lord's goal at that time was to sneak attack on Lake Baron and go straight to Huanglong!
It seems to have been successful!
But those grassland people probably wouldn't believe it. After all, if he didn't know the true purpose of his lord, he wouldn't believe the news.
But time flies so fast, and it’s already August!
It seems that this war is expected to come to an end before winter begins!
